On 2008-03-29 20:48, etherman23 wrote:
> In case 2 what is the outcome? If we have, for example, *H2eH3 is the
> outcome o: or a:? Does the initial laryngeal color first or does the
> final color first? Or is there some other rule?
We would need some real examples to answer this question. Words like
*gWorh3-áh2 (> Gk. borá:) can't be used as evidence, since they follow a
productive pattern of derivation and may display the generalised
vocalism of *-ah2- stems. LIV has the root */h2eh3-/ 'believe', possibly
reflected in Lat. o:men, which would guarantee *e in the root
(*/h2eh3-m(e)n-/ --> *h2oh3-mn.). Unfortunately, the root (already
quoted by Miguel last week) is poorly attested (a question-mark in LIV).
Piotr